1 00:00:00,934 --> 00:00:02,102 - Hey, y'all. I'm Ms. Pat. 2 00:00:02,102 --> 00:00:03,403 - All rise. 3 00:00:03,403 --> 00:00:04,771 - And I know the inside of a courtroom. 4 00:00:04,771 --> 00:00:07,474 I'm a convicted felon with a GED. 5 00:00:07,474 --> 00:00:09,509 Now I'm sitting on this side of the bench. 6 00:00:09,509 --> 00:00:11,277 Y'all are killing me! 7 00:00:11,277 --> 00:00:14,080 These are real cases with real money on the line. 8 00:00:14,080 --> 00:00:16,449 And I'm bringing my old friends to court as my jury. 9 00:00:16,449 --> 00:00:17,884 - What is this, Looney Tunes? 10 00:00:17,884 --> 00:00:19,452 - Y'all may have started this mess, 11 00:00:19,452 --> 00:00:20,587 but I'm gonna settle it. 12 00:00:20,587 --> 00:00:23,690 - I love this courtroom! 13 00:00:23,690 --> 00:00:26,393 - All rise, 'cause court is back in session. 14 00:00:26,393 --> 00:00:28,628 [dramatic music] 15 00:00:28,628 --> 00:00:31,698 - She used to be a law breaker, now she's a lawmaker. 16 00:00:31,698 --> 00:00:34,868 All rise for the Honorable Ms. Pat. 17 00:00:34,868 --> 00:00:40,774 ♪ ♪ 18 00:00:40,774 --> 00:00:42,609 - Y'all can have a seat. 19 00:00:42,609 --> 00:00:45,178 Jury, I just need you to be here and don't interrupt me. 20 00:00:45,178 --> 00:00:48,114 - I would like to forward the motion. 21 00:00:48,114 --> 00:00:49,582 - Don't you get your Black ass 22 00:00:49,582 --> 00:00:51,017 up out of that chair again, Karlous. 23 00:00:51,017 --> 00:00:52,585 - He's in contempt. 24 00:00:52,585 --> 00:00:53,987 - And you gonna be in contempt 25 00:00:53,987 --> 00:00:55,422 if you don't shut your ass up. 26 00:00:57,957 --> 00:00:59,359 Bailiff, give the basics. 27 00:00:59,359 --> 00:01:02,128 - This is the case of Leonard versus Martin. 28 00:01:02,128 --> 00:01:04,631 - Plaintiffs Taneisha and Aleisha Leonard 29 00:01:04,631 --> 00:01:07,467 are suing their mom for $2,500 30 00:01:07,467 --> 00:01:09,602 after they fixed her broken down Camry. 31 00:01:09,602 --> 00:01:12,772 But after the car was fixed, their mom junked it 32 00:01:12,772 --> 00:01:14,307 and bought another whip. 33 00:01:14,307 --> 00:01:16,743 Defendant Angela Martin says they're to blame 34 00:01:16,743 --> 00:01:18,411 for damaging both cars, 35 00:01:18,411 --> 00:01:21,314 and she's counter-suing for $3,500. 36 00:01:21,314 --> 00:01:22,782 - You swear to tell the truth, the whole truth 37 00:01:22,782 --> 00:01:24,384 and nothing but the truth, so help you God? 38 00:01:24,384 --> 00:01:25,618 - Yes. - I do. 39 00:01:25,618 --> 00:01:27,086 - So before we get started, I just want 40 00:01:27,086 --> 00:01:28,788 to let you know this is a jury of my peers. 41 00:01:28,788 --> 00:01:31,057 I can or cannot use them, but they're here because 42 00:01:31,057 --> 00:01:32,992 traffic school was closed today. 43 00:01:32,992 --> 00:01:36,362 [laughter] 44 00:01:36,362 --> 00:01:38,097 OK. Taneisha? 45 00:01:38,097 --> 00:01:40,099 - Yes. - And this is Aleisha? 46 00:01:40,099 --> 00:01:41,468 - Yes, ma'am. 47 00:01:41,468 --> 00:01:43,102 - So, Taneisha, tell me why we're here today. 48 00:01:43,102 --> 00:01:46,940 - I'm suing my mom for $2,500 for paying for her car repairs. 49 00:01:46,940 --> 00:01:50,910 We got her Toyota Camry fixed and she agreed to pay us back. 50 00:01:50,910 --> 00:01:52,378 - That's a lie. - And hasn't done so. 51 00:01:52,378 --> 00:01:55,582 - What type of work was done to this car for $2,500? 52 00:01:55,582 --> 00:01:58,017 - OK, we got her Cadillac converter fixed. 53 00:01:58,017 --> 00:02:00,420 The car was not moving at all. 54 00:02:00,420 --> 00:02:04,257 - Only black people call it a Cadillac converter. 55 00:02:05,258 --> 00:02:07,227 - On a Toyota! 56 00:02:07,227 --> 00:02:08,895 OK, Angela. - Yes. 57 00:02:08,895 --> 00:02:09,896 - Tell me your side of the story. 58 00:02:09,896 --> 00:02:11,297 - Yeah, sure, Your Honor. 59 00:02:11,297 --> 00:02:13,366 They came, "Mom, we'll help you get your car fixed." 60 00:02:13,366 --> 00:02:14,667 I was like, OK. 61 00:02:14,667 --> 00:02:16,302 Like, they were living with me at the time. 62 00:02:16,302 --> 00:02:18,738 So I looked at it as my girls helping me out, 63 00:02:18,738 --> 00:02:20,440 not that I had to pay them back. 64 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:23,176 So them asking me for money back, what? 65 00:02:23,176 --> 00:02:24,277 I thought it was them being nice 66 00:02:24,277 --> 00:02:25,778 because I let them drive it around. 67 00:02:25,778 --> 00:02:27,847 - So Taneisha and Aleisha, did y'all have a contract 68 00:02:27,847 --> 00:02:31,317 or anything to say that she will pay you the $2,500 back? 69 00:02:31,317 --> 00:02:33,486 - We have a promissory note that states 70 00:02:33,486 --> 00:02:34,787 she would pay us our money. 71 00:02:34,787 --> 00:02:36,022 - OK, bailiff, give me the promissory note. 72 00:02:36,022 --> 00:02:37,557 - Your honor, this has to be fraud. 73 00:02:37,557 --> 00:02:40,059 - Is this written on toilet paper? 74 00:02:40,059 --> 00:02:41,494 - That's definitely on the paper towel. 75 00:02:41,494 --> 00:02:43,863 - "I will pay back my daughters 4 fixing my car." 76 00:02:43,863 --> 00:02:46,065 - The number 4, too. - $2,500. 77 00:02:46,065 --> 00:02:47,367 - What? 78 00:02:47,367 --> 00:02:49,168 - Mama, after these girls got their $2,500 79 00:02:49,168 --> 00:02:51,437 together and fixed your Toyota Camry, 80 00:02:51,437 --> 00:02:52,739 how did it run after that? 81 00:02:52,739 --> 00:02:54,941 - Your Honor, it was not running properly. 82 00:02:54,941 --> 00:02:57,477 So bad that to the fact, I junked the car. 83 00:02:57,477 --> 00:03:00,280 I got $450 for junking the car. 84 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:03,449 So I got a new Mercedes from my tenderoni and I went to work, 85 00:03:03,449 --> 00:03:04,817 let them use the car. 86 00:03:04,817 --> 00:03:07,153 Within eight hours, they had wrecked it twice. 87 00:03:07,153 --> 00:03:08,321 - What? 88 00:03:08,321 --> 00:03:10,356 - I didn't have it to get fixed. 89 00:03:10,356 --> 00:03:12,392 And they never offered a penny. 90 00:03:12,392 --> 00:03:14,127 So I'm counter-suing for $3,500. 91 00:03:14,127 --> 00:03:15,128 - Wow. 92 00:03:15,128 --> 00:03:16,262 - What's a tenderoni? 93 00:03:16,262 --> 00:03:20,233 - That mean he younger than her. 94 00:03:20,233 --> 00:03:22,235 - How old is he? - He's 38. 95 00:03:22,235 --> 00:03:23,570 - How old are you? 96 00:03:23,570 --> 00:03:24,871 - I'm 52. 97 00:03:24,871 --> 00:03:26,339 - Sound about right to me, Mama. 98 00:03:26,339 --> 00:03:27,640 Sound about right to me. - [yowls] 99 00:03:27,640 --> 00:03:29,709 - You better get your groove back. 100 00:03:29,709 --> 00:03:32,345 - The only reason tenderoni paid for the car 101 00:03:32,345 --> 00:03:33,346 'cause he ruined it. 102 00:03:33,346 --> 00:03:34,747 - On the Camry or the Mercedes? 103 00:03:34,747 --> 00:03:37,116 - On the Camry. Busted it. Boom. 104 00:03:37,116 --> 00:03:38,451 Scratched out all the seats. 105 00:03:38,451 --> 00:03:41,621 - Oh, she got that thing on. OK, Mama. 106 00:03:41,621 --> 00:03:44,791 She got that thing on it! 107 00:03:44,791 --> 00:03:47,660 - Did y'all's mama cheat on y'all's stepbrother? 108 00:03:47,660 --> 00:03:49,162 - I think so. 109 00:03:49,162 --> 00:03:52,031 [laughter] - Stepbrother. 110 00:03:52,031 --> 00:03:54,000 - No, actually, tenderoni cheated 111 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:55,802 and I broke up with him is the real reason 112 00:03:55,802 --> 00:03:56,936 that he broke the windshield. 113 00:03:56,936 --> 00:03:58,338 - So, Mama, tell me about the wreck. 114 00:03:58,338 --> 00:04:00,707 - I was nice enough to let them use the new Mercedes 115 00:04:00,707 --> 00:04:02,108 while I was at work. 116 00:04:02,108 --> 00:04:03,977 And they called me and told me they hit a pothole 117 00:04:03,977 --> 00:04:05,378 and my airbags came out. 118 00:04:05,378 --> 00:04:07,413 What kind of pothole make your airbags come out? 119 00:04:07,413 --> 00:04:08,815 - The ones in Atlanta. 120 00:04:08,815 --> 00:04:09,949 - Ones in Atlanta. 121 00:04:09,949 --> 00:04:11,217 - On Martin Luther King, to be exact. 122 00:04:11,217 --> 00:04:13,453 - Thank you. - Not only that, Your Honor, 123 00:04:13,453 --> 00:04:15,054 not even three hours later, 124 00:04:15,054 --> 00:04:18,024 they called me back and said they hit somebody. 125 00:04:18,024 --> 00:04:19,859 - Who was driving? - Taneisha. 126 00:04:19,859 --> 00:04:21,494 - Both times? - Both times. 127 00:04:21,494 --> 00:04:23,529 - So y'all had two accidents in one day? 128 00:04:23,529 --> 00:04:24,530 - What the hell was you doing? 129 00:04:24,530 --> 00:04:25,832 - Driving fast. 130 00:04:25,832 --> 00:04:26,933 - We did not see the car... - It was raining. 131 00:04:26,933 --> 00:04:28,201 - Up front get hit. 132 00:04:28,201 --> 00:04:29,736 - Uh-uh. Uh-uh! Hey! 133 00:04:29,736 --> 00:04:34,607 Stop telling her what to say, Whoopi Goldberg. 134 00:04:34,607 --> 00:04:37,143 - Don't go to hell for her. 135 00:04:37,143 --> 00:04:39,445 - Do you have pictures of your mama's car tore up? 136 00:04:39,445 --> 00:04:40,613 - Oh, yes, I have pictures. Your Honor. 137 00:04:40,613 --> 00:04:41,981 - OK, let me see the pictures. 138 00:04:41,981 --> 00:04:43,216 Mama, while you're pulling out those pictures, 139 00:04:43,216 --> 00:04:44,717 what year is this Mercedes Benz? 140 00:04:44,717 --> 00:04:46,019 - It's a 2006. 141 00:04:46,019 --> 00:04:49,022 - See, hey, that was an impact all around. 142 00:04:49,022 --> 00:04:50,556 'Cause this is on the back seat. 143 00:04:50,556 --> 00:04:52,091 This the back seat. 144 00:04:52,091 --> 00:04:54,694 Y'all was showing your ass out there in your mama's car. 145 00:04:54,694 --> 00:04:57,130 For the airbags in the back seat to deploy. 146 00:04:57,130 --> 00:04:59,532 Somebody lying, Ms. Pat. - Yeah. 147 00:04:59,532 --> 00:05:03,169 - And a Cadillac converter replacement ain't no $2,500. 148 00:05:03,169 --> 00:05:06,039 Toyota Cadillac converter, you get that done $700. 149 00:05:06,039 --> 00:05:07,407 - Who drove here today? 150 00:05:07,407 --> 00:05:08,841 - We drove with my mama. 151 00:05:08,841 --> 00:05:10,610 - You rode with your-- - What kind of car you got? 152 00:05:10,610 --> 00:05:12,045 - Hold up. Hold up. 153 00:05:12,045 --> 00:05:15,181 You rode to court with your mama to sue your mama? 154 00:05:15,181 --> 00:05:16,182 - Ain't that something? 155 00:05:16,182 --> 00:05:18,785 [laughter] 156 00:05:23,823 --> 00:05:25,324 - Black people bold as hell. 157 00:05:25,324 --> 00:05:26,993 - Ain't they? 158 00:05:26,993 --> 00:05:28,428 - Well, I've heard enough. 159 00:05:28,428 --> 00:05:31,364 Y'all gave y'all mama $2,500 for repairs 160 00:05:31,364 --> 00:05:32,632 for her Toyota Camry. 161 00:05:32,632 --> 00:05:34,100 Well, she got it fixed. 162 00:05:34,100 --> 00:05:35,902 She signed a promissory note saying 163 00:05:35,902 --> 00:05:37,036 that she will pay it back, 164 00:05:37,036 --> 00:05:38,638 but I don't think she remembered it. 165 00:05:38,638 --> 00:05:41,908 Angela said she let y'all drive her Mercedes-Benz 166 00:05:41,908 --> 00:05:43,476 that her tenderoni bought, 167 00:05:43,476 --> 00:05:45,812 and y'all had two wrecks in one day. 168 00:05:45,812 --> 00:05:48,948 And she said she don't owe y'all anything. 169 00:05:48,948 --> 00:05:50,717 I've come to my final decision 170 00:05:50,717 --> 00:05:52,919 and I'm gonna settle this once and for all. 171 00:05:55,254 --> 00:05:59,192 I'm ruling in favor of... 172 00:05:59,192 --> 00:06:01,294 the defendant, Angela Martin. 173 00:06:01,294 --> 00:06:02,295 - Thank you, Your Honor. Thank you. 174 00:06:02,295 --> 00:06:03,563 - What the hell? 175 00:06:03,563 --> 00:06:05,331 - Taneisha and Aleisha, you are ordered 176 00:06:05,331 --> 00:06:08,134 to pay your mother $1,000. 177 00:06:08,134 --> 00:06:10,503 Because you're suing for $2,500 178 00:06:10,503 --> 00:06:12,872 and you wrecked her car for $3,500. 179 00:06:12,872 --> 00:06:15,274 So the $1,000 is the difference. 180 00:06:15,274 --> 00:06:16,609 Now just sell it. 181 00:06:16,609 --> 00:06:17,910 Get your ass out my courtroom. 182 00:06:17,910 --> 00:06:19,178 - You are dismissed. 183 00:06:19,178 --> 00:06:21,314 - Thank you, Your Honor. - Thank you, Your Honor. 184 00:06:21,314 --> 00:06:23,082 - Don't take them home, either. 185 00:06:23,082 --> 00:06:25,651 Y'all got to catch an Uber. 186 00:06:25,651 --> 00:06:28,454 - I mean, when you're 52, you want somebody closer to 52. 187 00:06:28,454 --> 00:06:29,756 - No, the-- no, you don't! 188 00:06:29,756 --> 00:06:30,990 - I don't like older women. 189 00:06:30,990 --> 00:06:32,992 They don't let you cuss in the house. 190 00:06:32,992 --> 00:06:35,728 You ain't doing all that goddamn cussing in my house. 191 00:06:35,728 --> 00:06:38,698 I don't want to hear all that goddamn cussing. 192 00:06:38,698 --> 00:06:41,334 - My friend here, she kicked me out in seven days. 193 00:06:41,334 --> 00:06:42,735 - What did she do? 194 00:06:42,735 --> 00:06:45,738 - Big Mama had slid her hand at the small of my back. 195 00:06:45,738 --> 00:06:46,839 - That's your spot. 196 00:06:46,839 --> 00:06:49,675 - But she don't need to be there. 197 00:06:51,511 --> 00:06:53,113 - How y'all doing, jury? 198 00:06:53,113 --> 00:06:54,414 - I'm just so nervous. 199 00:06:54,414 --> 00:06:55,749 - Why are you so nervous? 200 00:06:55,749 --> 00:06:57,917 - I missed my monthly. 201 00:06:57,917 --> 00:06:59,652 - Girl, you might be pregnant. 202 00:06:59,652 --> 00:07:01,154 - No, I'm talking about my phone bill. 203 00:07:01,154 --> 00:07:04,257 [laughter] 204 00:07:07,594 --> 00:07:08,928 - Bailiff, you ready to bailiff? 205 00:07:08,928 --> 00:07:12,565 - This is the case of Wilhite versus Henry. 206 00:07:12,565 --> 00:07:15,502 - Plaintiff Jahna Wilhite is suing her friend Kaylo 207 00:07:15,502 --> 00:07:18,805 for $1,125, - Oh, OK. 208 00:07:18,805 --> 00:07:20,740 - The amount of rent she paid to live 209 00:07:20,740 --> 00:07:22,675 at Kaylo's for a month, but was kicked 210 00:07:22,675 --> 00:07:25,044 to the curb after just a week. 211 00:07:25,044 --> 00:07:27,247 Defendant Kaylo Henry says Jahna 212 00:07:27,247 --> 00:07:29,449 was a hot mess from day one. 213 00:07:29,449 --> 00:07:31,618 And after the cops had to cool her down, 214 00:07:31,618 --> 00:07:34,287 Kaylo's keeping the whole month's rent as damages. 215 00:07:34,287 --> 00:07:35,755 - So help you God? - I do. 216 00:07:35,755 --> 00:07:36,990 - So help me God. 217 00:07:36,990 --> 00:07:38,892 - Jahna, tell me why you're here today. 218 00:07:38,892 --> 00:07:41,761 - So my name is Jahna Wilhite, but you could call me Big Mama. 219 00:07:41,761 --> 00:07:43,163 - Oh! - OK, Big Mama! 220 00:07:43,163 --> 00:07:44,531 - OK. 221 00:07:44,531 --> 00:07:49,502 - I'm suing my friend here, Kaylo, for $1,125. 222 00:07:49,502 --> 00:07:52,806 Now, I paid $1,500 to stay a 30-day stay, 223 00:07:52,806 --> 00:07:55,041 but she kicked me out in seven days. 224 00:07:55,041 --> 00:07:56,342 OK? 225 00:07:56,342 --> 00:07:59,045 Yeah, all because of a neighbor complaint. 226 00:07:59,045 --> 00:08:01,247 I would call her Karen, but she was my color. 227 00:08:01,247 --> 00:08:03,817 - They got black Karens. 228 00:08:03,817 --> 00:08:05,418 - I'm looking for the rest of my money 229 00:08:05,418 --> 00:08:07,220 'cause I paid for 30 days. 230 00:08:07,220 --> 00:08:10,290 - But you wasn't doing right. 231 00:08:10,290 --> 00:08:12,525 - OK, let me hear what you got to say, Ms. Kaylo. 232 00:08:12,525 --> 00:08:15,829 - I let Jahna in my home out of the kindness 233 00:08:15,829 --> 00:08:17,530 of my heart, Your Honor. 234 00:08:17,530 --> 00:08:20,400 This is my friend that needed a place to stay. 235 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:23,736 And she was to come into my home and act as an adult 236 00:08:23,736 --> 00:08:27,006 and abide by all HOA rules and regulations. 237 00:08:27,006 --> 00:08:30,043 But she had the police called to my house. 238 00:08:30,043 --> 00:08:31,578 And I live in an HOA community. 239 00:08:31,578 --> 00:08:33,980 We don't do that kind of stuff. 240 00:08:33,980 --> 00:08:35,748 - Why did she kick you out, Jahna? 241 00:08:35,748 --> 00:08:37,951 - To my understanding, she kicked me out 242 00:08:37,951 --> 00:08:39,919 because of the neighbor came and complained 243 00:08:39,919 --> 00:08:41,287 that I was making loud noise. 244 00:08:41,287 --> 00:08:43,356 Neighbor ended up calling the police. 245 00:08:43,356 --> 00:08:45,091 Police ended up coming in. 246 00:08:45,091 --> 00:08:46,793 Kaylo come back in the situation, 247 00:08:46,793 --> 00:08:49,195 now she feels like I've been-- 248 00:08:49,195 --> 00:08:51,064 - Disrespectful. - Disrespecting her. 249 00:08:51,064 --> 00:08:53,399 - And the community. 250 00:08:53,399 --> 00:08:56,503 - I ain't going that far. 251 00:08:56,503 --> 00:08:58,104 - What time of night was this? 252 00:08:58,104 --> 00:08:59,506 - This was nighttime. 253 00:08:59,506 --> 00:09:01,774 Probably, like, 10:00, 11:00. 254 00:09:01,774 --> 00:09:03,042 - I'm from the suburbs, 255 00:09:03,042 --> 00:09:04,010 so I would have called the police, too. 256 00:09:04,010 --> 00:09:06,312 - We know. - Yeah. 257 00:09:06,312 --> 00:09:08,214 - Yeah. 258 00:09:08,214 --> 00:09:10,316 - Why did you move in with her in the first place? 259 00:09:10,316 --> 00:09:12,752 - I got kicked out of my sister's house, 260 00:09:12,752 --> 00:09:14,821 my mama's house, my girlfriend, 261 00:09:14,821 --> 00:09:16,890 my other girlfriend. 262 00:09:16,890 --> 00:09:17,891 I got kicked out of a few places, 263 00:09:17,891 --> 00:09:19,592 I ain't gonna lie to you, but-- 264 00:09:19,592 --> 00:09:21,728 [laughter] 265 00:09:21,728 --> 00:09:23,496 - She a serial kick-outer. 266 00:09:23,496 --> 00:09:25,598 I didn't know that. 267 00:09:25,598 --> 00:09:26,933 I didn't know that, Ms. Pat. 268 00:09:26,933 --> 00:09:28,334 If I would have known that, I wouldn't have 269 00:09:28,334 --> 00:09:30,069 let her into my home. 270 00:09:30,069 --> 00:09:33,306 As you could tell, she part of the LGBTQ and they communitah. 271 00:09:33,306 --> 00:09:35,208 - What? 272 00:09:35,208 --> 00:09:36,976 - OK? - Wait. 273 00:09:36,976 --> 00:09:38,111 What? - A communitah. 274 00:09:38,111 --> 00:09:39,679 - Yeah, the communitah. 275 00:09:39,679 --> 00:09:41,180 She part of the communitah. 276 00:09:41,180 --> 00:09:42,682 - Is she for real? 277 00:09:42,682 --> 00:09:45,151 - So then I was doing a good deed, 278 00:09:45,151 --> 00:09:47,320 but the camel that broke the straw back 279 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:51,190 was when we was in the kitchen cooking, right? 280 00:09:51,190 --> 00:09:55,828 And Big Mama had slid her hand at the small of my back. 281 00:09:55,828 --> 00:09:57,297 - That's your spot! 282 00:09:57,297 --> 00:09:58,998 - But she don't need to be there. 283 00:10:01,834 --> 00:10:03,169 - What was she trying to do? 284 00:10:03,169 --> 00:10:05,371 Get you to run your fingers through her fade? 285 00:10:05,371 --> 00:10:07,807 - Her flat top, Your Honor. 286 00:10:07,807 --> 00:10:10,009 - Got that eighth grade prom haircut. 287 00:10:10,009 --> 00:10:12,478 - Ooh! 288 00:10:12,478 --> 00:10:14,247 - Was you trying to eat your friend? 289 00:10:14,247 --> 00:10:17,350 [laughter] 290 00:10:17,350 --> 00:10:20,820 - I'm in the business of encouraging women. 291 00:10:20,820 --> 00:10:22,155 - I never went that way. 292 00:10:22,155 --> 00:10:24,791 But if I did, baby, that little slippery suit 293 00:10:24,791 --> 00:10:28,127 could slide right up in me, baby. 294 00:10:28,127 --> 00:10:31,631 She look like Kid and Play. 295 00:10:31,631 --> 00:10:33,166 - What was the lease agreement? 296 00:10:33,166 --> 00:10:34,834 - She was to pay me $1,500. 297 00:10:34,834 --> 00:10:36,336 It was gonna include a little food 298 00:10:36,336 --> 00:10:38,137 that I had in the house or whatever the case. 299 00:10:38,137 --> 00:10:39,639 - She ain't never cooked. 300 00:10:39,639 --> 00:10:42,208 - But nonetheless, what was there, she was welcome to. 301 00:10:42,208 --> 00:10:44,544 - Except you. - Except me! 302 00:10:44,544 --> 00:10:45,712 In bold letters. 303 00:10:49,682 --> 00:10:50,950 I'm going to let my jury help me out. 304 00:10:50,950 --> 00:10:52,819 Carmen, give me your opinion, - OK. 305 00:10:52,819 --> 00:10:53,820 I'm sorry. 306 00:10:53,820 --> 00:10:55,488 I'm just looking for my stud. 307 00:10:58,625 --> 00:11:00,326 - So, Kaylo, I want to know. 308 00:11:00,326 --> 00:11:02,295 You had no attraction to Jahna? 309 00:11:02,295 --> 00:11:03,296 - Not at all. 310 00:11:03,296 --> 00:11:04,430 - None. 311 00:11:04,430 --> 00:11:05,898 - But it seemed like that you seduced 312 00:11:05,898 --> 00:11:08,434 the communitah a little bit to get your bills paid. 313 00:11:08,434 --> 00:11:10,370 - No. No, communitah seduced me 314 00:11:10,370 --> 00:11:11,938 because I had a place to stay. 315 00:11:11,938 --> 00:11:14,841 Communitah didn't. 316 00:11:14,841 --> 00:11:16,943 - All right, I'm ready to settle it. 317 00:11:16,943 --> 00:11:21,648 Jahna, you paid a full month's rent with your friend, 318 00:11:21,648 --> 00:11:24,984 but instead you put your hand in the small of her back 319 00:11:24,984 --> 00:11:29,889 and she wasn't ready for that blonde top-off you got. 320 00:11:29,889 --> 00:11:33,559 Kaylo, you took her in after everybody put her out. 321 00:11:33,559 --> 00:11:37,530 She made your HOA want to charge you extra. 322 00:11:37,530 --> 00:11:40,400 It's time to settle this once and for all. 323 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:42,702 [dramatic music] 324 00:11:42,702 --> 00:11:47,306 I'm ruling in favor of... 325 00:11:47,306 --> 00:11:48,641 the plaintiff, Jahna. 326 00:11:48,641 --> 00:11:49,676 - Mm. 327 00:11:51,110 --> 00:11:56,783 - Kaylo, you're going to have to pay her $1,125 328 00:11:56,783 --> 00:11:59,686 because she did pay for a month's rent. 329 00:11:59,686 --> 00:12:03,523 All you had to do was overlook that nonsense 330 00:12:03,523 --> 00:12:05,258 she was doing for 30 days. 331 00:12:05,258 --> 00:12:07,894 I hope this friendship can get back on track. 332 00:12:07,894 --> 00:12:10,063 And stop trying to take her to the other side. 333 00:12:10,063 --> 00:12:12,965 [laughter] 334 00:12:13,900 --> 00:12:15,668 Now give your friend a hug. 335 00:12:15,668 --> 00:12:17,804 - At the top of her back, not the small! 336 00:12:17,804 --> 00:12:21,941 - Don't you touch the small of her back. 337 00:12:21,941 --> 00:12:23,476 Get your ass out my courtroom. 338 00:12:23,476 --> 00:12:24,811 - Thank you. 339 00:12:24,811 --> 00:12:26,713 - She walked in and like, shifted the whole-- 340 00:12:26,713 --> 00:12:28,147 everybody gasped. - Yeah. 341 00:12:28,147 --> 00:12:29,549 - She know she look good. 342 00:12:29,549 --> 00:12:31,784 She ain't no different than Ray J. 343 00:12:31,784 --> 00:12:33,086 Only difference is, 344 00:12:33,086 --> 00:12:34,954 don't have the money and the hit songs. 345 00:12:34,954 --> 00:12:36,155 - But she got the outfit. 346 00:12:36,155 --> 00:12:39,025 - I only got a couple hits, though. 347 00:12:39,025 --> 00:12:41,427 - Sir, I have never seen nobody bring evidence 348 00:12:41,427 --> 00:12:44,297 against their self to court. 349 00:12:44,297 --> 00:12:46,099 So why are you here if you're telling on yourself? 350 00:12:46,099 --> 00:12:47,700 - I'm not a full piece of shit. Like-- 351 00:12:47,700 --> 00:12:49,335 - What's the percentage? 352 00:12:49,335 --> 00:12:50,536 - It's like 30%. 353 00:12:53,873 --> 00:12:54,874 - All right. 354 00:12:54,874 --> 00:12:55,875 How y'all doing? 355 00:12:55,875 --> 00:12:57,177 - Looking good today, Judge. 356 00:12:57,177 --> 00:12:58,278 - I was gonna tell you the same thing. 357 00:12:58,278 --> 00:12:59,879 - You are looking real good today. 358 00:12:59,879 --> 00:13:02,515 - You look like a 75-inch TV fell off the back of a truck. 359 00:13:06,886 --> 00:13:08,788 Do your damn thing and start bailiffing. 360 00:13:08,788 --> 00:13:12,158 - This is the case of Ford versus Roland. 361 00:13:12,158 --> 00:13:14,627 - Plaintiff Alicia Ford is-- 362 00:13:14,627 --> 00:13:15,995 - Where the hell are you going? 363 00:13:15,995 --> 00:13:17,464 You ain't never been to court before? 364 00:13:17,464 --> 00:13:18,865 - No. 365 00:13:18,865 --> 00:13:21,267 - Damn, this [bleep] went to go sit in the audience. 366 00:13:21,267 --> 00:13:24,437 - Plaintiff Alicia Ford is suing her cousin, Jeremy, 367 00:13:24,437 --> 00:13:27,907 for $1,428 to replace the water heater 368 00:13:27,907 --> 00:13:29,442 she says he busted 369 00:13:29,442 --> 00:13:32,645 after taking long-ass hot showers all day. 370 00:13:32,645 --> 00:13:35,715 Defendant Jeremy Roland says the water heater was old 371 00:13:35,715 --> 00:13:38,118 and about to die anyway, and the amount. 372 00:13:38,118 --> 00:13:42,088 Alicia wants for a new one is making his blood boil. 373 00:13:42,088 --> 00:13:43,390 - This is going to be interesting. 374 00:13:43,390 --> 00:13:44,624 - You swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, 375 00:13:44,624 --> 00:13:46,059 and nothing but the truth, so help you God? 376 00:13:46,059 --> 00:13:47,394 - I do. - I do. 377 00:13:47,394 --> 00:13:48,795 - Alicia, can you tell me why we're here today? 378 00:13:48,795 --> 00:13:51,264 - I'm here today to sue my cousin Jeremy 379 00:13:51,264 --> 00:13:55,402 for a water heater, $1,428. 380 00:13:55,402 --> 00:13:56,936 - OK, so what happened to the water heater? 381 00:13:56,936 --> 00:13:59,906 - He broke it taking hour, hour and a half showers, 382 00:13:59,906 --> 00:14:01,141 three to four times a day. 383 00:14:01,141 --> 00:14:04,043 - Three to four times a day? - Yes. 384 00:14:04,043 --> 00:14:07,080 - You sure you ain't in there doing something else? 385 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:08,515 - I take two-hour showers. 386 00:14:08,515 --> 00:14:10,150 - For what? - Well, because first off, 387 00:14:10,150 --> 00:14:11,484 the room got to be a steam room first. 388 00:14:11,484 --> 00:14:12,886 Because you want to get everything-- 389 00:14:12,886 --> 00:14:15,288 - Ray J, nobody want to hear that rich shit. 390 00:14:15,288 --> 00:14:17,123 He can't even line up his beard. 391 00:14:17,123 --> 00:14:20,026 You think he got a steam shower? 392 00:14:20,026 --> 00:14:22,162 OK, so Jeremy, tell me about this water heater 393 00:14:22,162 --> 00:14:24,230 that you drained dry. 394 00:14:24,230 --> 00:14:26,166 - Her water heater was already raggedy... 395 00:14:26,166 --> 00:14:27,434 - What do you mean by raggedy? - To begin with. 396 00:14:27,434 --> 00:14:29,536 - That house was built in 1980-something. 397 00:14:29,536 --> 00:14:30,970 It had never been replaced before. 398 00:14:30,970 --> 00:14:32,505 It had nothing to do with me. - You know that's a lie. 399 00:14:32,505 --> 00:14:33,706 - When was it, then? 400 00:14:33,706 --> 00:14:34,707 - When was the last time your hot water-- 401 00:14:34,707 --> 00:14:35,708 - When was it, then? 402 00:14:35,708 --> 00:14:37,143 - I would say, like, 2000. 403 00:14:37,143 --> 00:14:38,611 It ain't been that long. 404 00:14:38,611 --> 00:14:41,481 - I mean, but the hot water heater is 24 years old. 405 00:14:41,481 --> 00:14:42,615 Y'all live together? 406 00:14:42,615 --> 00:14:43,783 - We did. 407 00:14:43,783 --> 00:14:45,218 'Cause he didn't have nowhere to stay. 408 00:14:45,218 --> 00:14:46,953 You know, it was, like, in between places. 409 00:14:46,953 --> 00:14:48,788 I'm like, OK, it's a win-win situation. 410 00:14:48,788 --> 00:14:50,390 He come help me-- 411 00:14:50,390 --> 00:14:51,624 - Why did you need help? 412 00:14:51,624 --> 00:14:53,293 - I'm a full-time caregiver to my mom. 413 00:14:53,293 --> 00:14:55,028 - OK well, that is a win-win situation. 414 00:14:55,028 --> 00:14:57,363 So tell me, did he admit that he broke the hot water heater? 415 00:14:57,363 --> 00:14:58,565 - He did. 416 00:14:58,565 --> 00:14:59,632 - Did you offer to fix the water heater? 417 00:14:59,632 --> 00:15:00,733 - Yes, ma'am. - OK. 418 00:15:00,733 --> 00:15:01,768 - Honestly, 'cause I mean, 419 00:15:01,768 --> 00:15:03,103 I'm not a full piece of shit. 420 00:15:03,103 --> 00:15:05,004 Like, I owe her. 421 00:15:05,004 --> 00:15:06,306 - What's the percentage? 422 00:15:06,306 --> 00:15:07,841 - It's, like, 30%. 423 00:15:07,841 --> 00:15:09,876 OK? 424 00:15:09,876 --> 00:15:11,678 - All right. - But she couldn't wait. 425 00:15:11,678 --> 00:15:13,213 She could not boil water one more day. 426 00:15:13,213 --> 00:15:16,015 - Ms. Pat, I took hoe baths for two weeks, bruh. 427 00:15:16,015 --> 00:15:17,951 And he talking about, I could have waited another day. 428 00:15:17,951 --> 00:15:19,552 Like, if you ain't never had to do that, 429 00:15:19,552 --> 00:15:21,321 boil the water on the stove and then carry it down the hall. 430 00:15:21,321 --> 00:15:24,324 And you got to put the cold water in there to equal it out. 431 00:15:24,324 --> 00:15:25,825 - I had to do that. 432 00:15:25,825 --> 00:15:27,460 If you wait too long, by the time 433 00:15:27,460 --> 00:15:28,928 you get in the tub, all the water cold. 434 00:15:28,928 --> 00:15:30,263 - All the water cold. 435 00:15:30,263 --> 00:15:31,464 - Do you have any proof that he said 436 00:15:31,464 --> 00:15:32,465 he was going to pay for it. 437 00:15:32,465 --> 00:15:34,067 - He does. 438 00:15:34,067 --> 00:15:36,503 - So, Jeremy, you text, "So I was thinking 439 00:15:36,503 --> 00:15:37,537 "I would pay for the water heater 440 00:15:37,537 --> 00:15:39,038 since I'm working again." 441 00:15:39,038 --> 00:15:41,774 "Paying for the water heater is the least I can do. 442 00:15:41,774 --> 00:15:43,643 Love you cuz." - Least. 443 00:15:43,643 --> 00:15:45,879 - Sir, I have never seen nobody bring evidence 444 00:15:45,879 --> 00:15:47,146 against their self to court. 445 00:15:47,146 --> 00:15:50,116 [laughter] 446 00:15:52,819 --> 00:15:55,956 - Plaintiff Alicia Ford is suing cousin Jeremy for $1,428 447 00:15:55,956 --> 00:15:57,357 for a busted water heater. 448 00:15:57,357 --> 00:15:58,859 But Jeremy says that 449 00:15:58,859 --> 00:16:01,194 she should have waited a day for him to fix it, 450 00:16:01,194 --> 00:16:03,130 so he's not shelling out a drop. 451 00:16:03,130 --> 00:16:05,799 Ms. Pat is about to flush this out. 452 00:16:05,799 --> 00:16:08,001 - So, Jeremy, you text, "So I was thinking 453 00:16:08,001 --> 00:16:09,136 "I would pay for the water heater 454 00:16:09,136 --> 00:16:10,604 since I'm working again." 455 00:16:10,604 --> 00:16:12,839 Sir, I have never seen nobody bring evidence 456 00:16:12,839 --> 00:16:14,875 against their self to court. 457 00:16:17,277 --> 00:16:19,379 So why are you here if you telling on yourself? 458 00:16:19,379 --> 00:16:21,014 - Because I'm not paying $1,400 459 00:16:21,014 --> 00:16:22,349 when it could have been done cheaper. 460 00:16:22,349 --> 00:16:24,317 I told her my dude could do it for, like, $50. 461 00:16:24,317 --> 00:16:26,987 You know what I mean? - If that. 462 00:16:26,987 --> 00:16:30,123 - He actually claimed he was gonna get Crackhead Joe 463 00:16:30,123 --> 00:16:31,491 or somebody to fix it. 464 00:16:31,491 --> 00:16:33,226 - Crackhead Joe? 465 00:16:33,226 --> 00:16:34,661 - Joe? 466 00:16:34,661 --> 00:16:36,163 - How do you expect this lady to let you 467 00:16:36,163 --> 00:16:38,765 put hot water heater in her house by a Crackhead Joe? 468 00:16:38,765 --> 00:16:39,966 My sister smoked crack. 469 00:16:39,966 --> 00:16:42,736 She can't put in no hot water heater. 470 00:16:42,736 --> 00:16:44,704 - You sold crack. You know they can. 471 00:16:44,704 --> 00:16:48,074 - You don't know shit about me. 472 00:16:48,074 --> 00:16:49,176 - Period. 473 00:16:49,176 --> 00:16:50,844 - So did he get him to fix it? 474 00:16:50,844 --> 00:16:52,179 - No. 475 00:16:52,179 --> 00:16:54,080 - Alicia, you should not have gave him the keys. 476 00:16:54,080 --> 00:16:55,449 - Uh-uh! 477 00:16:55,449 --> 00:16:56,416 Y'all ain't gonna act like I don't do nothing. 478 00:16:56,416 --> 00:16:57,584 No, I cook for her every day. 479 00:16:57,584 --> 00:16:59,085 I will help her mom. I do do stuff. 480 00:16:59,085 --> 00:17:00,654 - Where you work at? - I do ride share, 481 00:17:00,654 --> 00:17:02,389 which is why I can stay and help her. 482 00:17:02,389 --> 00:17:04,324 - He ain't even got a car! 483 00:17:04,324 --> 00:17:05,759 So how you gonna go to work with no car? 484 00:17:05,759 --> 00:17:06,993 - I do have a car. 485 00:17:06,993 --> 00:17:08,628 - His car is broke down. 486 00:17:08,628 --> 00:17:09,863 - Right now. 487 00:17:09,863 --> 00:17:10,964 - Let me ask you this. 488 00:17:10,964 --> 00:17:12,032 Did he help more when he had a car? 489 00:17:12,032 --> 00:17:13,266 - He did. 490 00:17:13,266 --> 00:17:14,901 He actually grocery shopped every day. 491 00:17:14,901 --> 00:17:17,704 He picked my son up, take him to track practice, basketball, 492 00:17:17,704 --> 00:17:19,239 football, stuff like that. 493 00:17:19,239 --> 00:17:20,240 - Wow. 494 00:17:20,240 --> 00:17:21,441 - OK, come on, Chris. 495 00:17:21,441 --> 00:17:22,509 Tell me what you're thinking. 496 00:17:22,509 --> 00:17:23,810 - He agreed to pay for it. 497 00:17:23,810 --> 00:17:24,845 You got to pay for it. 498 00:17:24,845 --> 00:17:26,179 It's in the text messages. 499 00:17:26,179 --> 00:17:27,914 - The water heater was 24 years old. 500 00:17:27,914 --> 00:17:29,850 It was already gonna break. 501 00:17:29,850 --> 00:17:30,984 Fix that shit. 502 00:17:30,984 --> 00:17:33,653 All y'all need to fix it together. 503 00:17:33,653 --> 00:17:35,088 - All right. 504 00:17:35,088 --> 00:17:37,424 So with that said, I've come to my final decision. 505 00:17:37,424 --> 00:17:40,193 And I'm gonna settle this once and for all. 506 00:17:40,193 --> 00:17:42,496 [dramatic music] 507 00:17:42,496 --> 00:17:46,666 I'm ruling in favor of... 508 00:17:46,666 --> 00:17:47,968 the plaintiff 509 00:17:47,968 --> 00:17:51,638 for the full amount of $1,428. 510 00:17:51,638 --> 00:17:53,740 [applause] 511 00:17:55,141 --> 00:17:58,311 Jeremy, since you helped so much when you had a car, 512 00:17:58,311 --> 00:18:01,348 I'm going to give you $1,000 513 00:18:01,348 --> 00:18:04,251 to help you get your car fixed. 514 00:18:04,251 --> 00:18:05,719 - Thank you, Ms. Pat. 515 00:18:07,787 --> 00:18:10,056 - I'm happy for him. 516 00:18:10,056 --> 00:18:12,225 - That's why she's Judge Ms. Pat. 517 00:18:12,225 --> 00:18:14,127 That's why. 518 00:18:14,127 --> 00:18:15,295 - Thank you, Ms. Pat. 519 00:18:15,295 --> 00:18:16,396 - Why are you so emotional? 520 00:18:16,396 --> 00:18:17,864 How hard has it been for you? 521 00:18:17,864 --> 00:18:19,533 - I think I'm more emotional because you helped him. 522 00:18:19,533 --> 00:18:20,901 'Cause he do try. 523 00:18:20,901 --> 00:18:22,736 And he's in school and I love Jeremy to death. 524 00:18:22,736 --> 00:18:24,137 I do. That's my cousin. 525 00:18:24,137 --> 00:18:26,239 - And Jeremy, I can tell, you really wanted to help. 526 00:18:26,239 --> 00:18:27,240 - And still do. 527 00:18:27,240 --> 00:18:28,708 I'll tell you, I love my aunt. 528 00:18:28,708 --> 00:18:31,044 I'm sorry. (VOICE BREAKING) I love my aunt so much. 529 00:18:31,044 --> 00:18:34,347 I do. I love my aunt to death. 530 00:18:34,347 --> 00:18:35,916 I love her to death. - I can tell. 531 00:18:35,916 --> 00:18:37,984 And sometimes you got to rub your pennies together 532 00:18:37,984 --> 00:18:39,219 and make it in this time. 533 00:18:39,219 --> 00:18:41,688 And I hope me helping you with the car 534 00:18:41,688 --> 00:18:44,591 bring y'all back together as a family and work things out. 535 00:18:44,591 --> 00:18:45,725 - Yes, ma'am. 536 00:18:45,725 --> 00:18:47,727 - Can I see y'all hug? - We will. 537 00:18:47,727 --> 00:18:48,728 - I do love you. 538 00:18:48,728 --> 00:18:51,665 [applause] 539 00:18:54,134 --> 00:18:55,669 - Now get your ass out of here. 540 00:18:55,669 --> 00:18:57,404 I just settled it. 541 00:18:57,404 --> 00:18:58,538 - Thank you, Ms. Pat. I love y'all. 542 00:18:58,538 --> 00:19:00,006 - Ray J, you behave. - Thank you. 543 00:19:00,006 --> 00:19:01,007 - Maddy, love you. 544 00:19:01,007 --> 00:19:02,175 - Love you too, baby. 545 00:19:02,175 --> 00:19:03,543 - Life is too short to be fighting 546 00:19:03,543 --> 00:19:04,811 over a hot water heater. 547 00:19:04,811 --> 00:19:06,179 One day you're going to die, 548 00:19:06,179 --> 00:19:08,148 and everything that you thought was of value, 549 00:19:08,148 --> 00:19:10,216 somebody is gonna throw it out the door. 550 00:19:10,216 --> 00:19:12,252 Why can't we just come together and love each other? 551 00:19:12,252 --> 00:19:13,453 - That's deep. 552 00:19:13,453 --> 00:19:14,821 - You know, I already told my kids, 553 00:19:14,821 --> 00:19:16,356 I'm gonna put on my headstone, "Get the [bleep] 554 00:19:16,356 --> 00:19:18,758 away from my grave. I'm sleeping." 555 00:19:18,758 --> 00:19:20,260 Come up here with that Earthly shit. 556 00:19:20,260 --> 00:19:21,394 I'm resting. 557 00:19:23,063 --> 00:19:24,364 - Next time on "Ms. Pat Settles It." 558 00:19:24,364 --> 00:19:26,133 - I was reviewing the burger, just tasting it. 559 00:19:26,133 --> 00:19:29,536 Next thing you know-- - Oh! 560 00:19:29,536 --> 00:19:32,673 - You make burgers so good it knock big bitches out? 561 00:19:32,673 --> 00:19:35,209 - I wanted her to show up looking like Kelly Rowland. 562 00:19:35,209 --> 00:19:37,544 - What Kelly Rowland did you show up looking like? 563 00:19:37,544 --> 00:19:39,780 - Aw, hell no! You look like a-- 564 00:19:39,780 --> 00:19:41,148 - Stop! 565 00:19:41,148 --> 00:19:44,218 - I'm here, Your Honor, suing for my iPhone 14 566 00:19:44,218 --> 00:19:45,986 that she's broken. 567 00:19:45,986 --> 00:19:47,788 - And how many phones she done broke? 568 00:19:47,788 --> 00:19:49,289 - This this third one. - What? 569 00:19:49,289 --> 00:19:51,625 - Oh, three phones? Come on, now, Sideshow Bob. 570 00:19:51,625 --> 00:19:54,061 You can't be doing-- [laughter]